Bentotex GCL - Geosynthetic Clay Liner - Impermeable - Geosynthetic Clay Liner
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Bentotex 30
Bentotex 30
High specification, geosynthetic clay liner (GCL).
Application
Suitable applications include:
- Ponds.
- Lakes.
- Lagoons.
- Wet systems.
- Reed beds.
- Landfill (caps and lining).
Description
Bentotex® is a high specification geosynthetic clay liner (GCL), comprising of high quality natural sodium bentonite encapsulated between a woven and a non-woven needle punched polypropylene geotextile, resulting in a very strong robust product.
Features and benefits:
- Manufactured using the naturally occurring Bentonite clay resource.
- Adopts distinctive self-seeming overlaps technology which doesn’t require any additional treatment of its longitudinal edges.
- Easy to install.
- Self sealing.
- Excellent slope stability.
- High chemical resistance.
- Excellent climate resistance.
- Resistance to differential settlement.
- Bentotex SL also has a geomembrane laminated to one side.
- Not compromised by root penetration.
- Installation is not dependent on prevailing weather conditions.
General information
Color | White Black |
Material | Polypropylene Clay Sodium |
Shape | Other |
Length | 40000 mm 45000 mm |
Width | 2500 mm 5000 mm |
Height | 5.5 mm 5.7 mm 7.0 mm 7.5 mm Manufacturer guidanceThickness. |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | J40/285 Loose-laid bentonite damp-proofing/ tanking membranes J44/120 Geosynthetic clay lining (GCL) |
Specification data - Geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs)
Roll size | Manufacturer guidanceConsult manufacturer for details and insert requirements. |
Thickness | To EN 9863-1, 5.5 mm. |
Properties | |
Weight | To EN 14196, 3500 g/m².Manufacturer guidanceTotal mass per unit area. |
Tensile strength (minimum) | To EN ISO 10319, 11 kN/m. |
Integral accessories | Sodium bentonite powder. |
Water absorption | 600%. |
Puncture resistance | To EN ISO 12236, 2.0 kN. Manufacturer guidanceStatic puncture resistance (CBR) with tolerance – 0.2 kN. |
Sustainability data
Contains Red List materials | No |
Country of material origin | United Kingdom |
Country of product manufacture | United Kingdom |
Recyclability | Fully Recycable |
Literature
Bentotex® Geosynthetic Clay Liner - Data Sheet
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